German submarine U-704

Career (Nazi Germany)
Name: U-704
Ordered: 9 October 1939[1]
Builder: HC Stülcken & Sohn, Hamburg
Laid down: 3 May 1940[1]
Launched: 16 April 1941[1]
Commissioned: 16 July 1941[1]
Status: Scuttled, May 1945[1]
General characteristics
Type: Type VIIC submarine
Displacement: 769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced
871 t (857 long tons) submerged
Length: 67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a
50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull
Beam: 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a
4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Draft: 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)
Propulsion: 2 × supercharged Germaniawerft 6-cylinder 4-stroke M6V 40/46 diesel engines, totalling 2,800–3,200 bhp (2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490
2 × electric motors, totalling 750 shp (560 kW) and max rpm: 296
Speed: 17.7 knots (20.4 mph; 32.8 km/h) surfaced
7.6 knots (8.7 mph; 14.1 km/h) submerged
Range: 15,170 km (8,190 nmi) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced
150 km (81 nmi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged
Test depth: 230 m (750 ft)
Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft)
Complement: 44–52 officers & ratings
Armament: • 5 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern)
• 14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA mines
• 1 × C35 88mm gun/L45 deck gun (220 rounds)
• Various AA guns
Service record
Commanders Kptlt. Horst Degen
16 July 1941 - 7 June 1942
Operations 3 patrols[1]
Victories 9 ships sunk for a total of 27,056 gross register tons (GRT)[1]

German submarine U-704 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II.

Commissioned on 16 July 1942, she served with 3rd U-boat Flotilla until 1 December as a training boat, and as a front boat until 16 July 1942 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Horst Degen.

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